The Impact of the Great Resignation
#WorkforceWednesday: Congress Passes Relief Bill, EEOC's Vaccine Guidance, Return to Work Delayed - Employment Law This Week®
Slamming the door on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021
Dealing with The CARES Act and the Current Status of Offsets in Pennsylvania Workers Compensation
#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Executive Actions, Right-to-Sue Notices, and Liability Shields
Successful Return-to-Work Strategies post-COVID-19
Nota Bene Episode 80: South Korea’s Bellwether on the Pandemic Market Recovery with Paul Kim
Coronavirus Employment Law Update for Contractors (DMV)
Coronavirus Employment Law Update for Contractors (New Jersey)
#WorkforceWednesday: CARES Act, New Paid Leave, Duty to Bargain - Employment Law This Week®
COVID-19 Updates: Arizona Employment Law Issues
#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Pandemic, Election Rules Challenged, EEOC Limits GC’s Authority - Employment Law This Week®
I-21 – Sexual Harassment (Still), Political Tweeting, and Intersectional Discrimination
2017 West Virginia Legislative Update For Employers
El auxilio de cesantías en Colombia es una prestación social que tiene como finalidad formar un ahorro en caso de que el trabajador se quede sin trabajo. Lo anterior, sirve de auxilio y se pagan al finalizar el contrato de...more
The Colorado General Assembly was busy drafting and passing numerous employment laws during its 2022 legislative session, creating a wave of change for employers in the Centennial State. Colorado Expands Termination Notice...more
As more businesses begin to reintegrate employees into their pre-pandemic workplaces, many of our clients have questions regarding return-to-work issues. In this edition of Funny You Should Ask, we address three questions...more
Statements made in a disciplinary action form that did not hold the requisite defamatory “sting” to the reputation of the plaintiff cannot support a defamation claim, and statements made during proceedings before the Virginia...more
Under North Carolina statute, employees who leave work for a reason other than good cause attributable to the employer are not eligible to receive unemployment benefits. Last month, the North Carolina Court of Appeals...more
Employers make their own luck. When it comes to terminations of employment, are you lucky or unlucky? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers appear after each question, so you can cheat all you want, and we'll...more
Pursuant to Decree 1562 of 2019, employees can withdraw unemployment aid savings from the government fund. Historically, this option was available only for housing and educational purposes....more
Companies No Longer Required to Pay Social Security Contributions for Independent Contractors - New Legislation Enacted - Pursuant to Act 1955 of 2019, companies are no longer obliged to pay social security...more
Non-lawyers may no longer represent employers in unemployment compensation hearings in Kentucky, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled. Nichols v. Kentucky Unemployment Commission, et al., No. 2017-CA-001156-MR, 2019 Ky....more
With the coming holiday crunch season for retailers, unemployment claims are probably the last thing on your mind. But January is just around the corner, so here are some tips for effective handling of unemployment claims....more
Wisconsin employers that have found themselves frustrated by the fact that they can end an employment relationship for legitimate, business-related reasons yet the employee can still collect unemployment benefits were granted...more
On March 29, 2018, the New Jersey Appellate Decision issued an opinion which clarifies and expands rights to unemployment benefits to certain employees who voluntarily resign from their positions in the face of imminent...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The ordinary headaches of responding to unemployment claims with the EDD do not have to bog down employers in 2018. Here, we provide recommendations for managers to consider before the ball drops in Times...more
Good faith and timing means everything in employment law. This episode of Employment Law Now provides an update from DC, discusses questions employers should be asking in today’s climate of troubling sexual harassment news,...more
Recently published information shows that Brazil’s economic struggle continues to affect employment. According to information provided by the agency IBGE, the unemployment rate after the first quarter of 2016 was 11.2%, with...more
You may remember that I stirred up some contentiousness a few weeks ago when I suggested that employers should not challenge unemployment claims except in the worst cases. ...more
Is an employee entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits after being terminated for admittedly smoking marijuana while on vacation? According to a recent, and counter-intuitive, decision by the Illinois Appellate...more
In a recent unreported decision, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court considered a part-time employee's eligibility for Unemployment Compensation ("UC") benefits after she was fired for disregarding her employer's prior...more
Medicinal marijuana users in Michigan who are lawfully terminated by their employer for failing a drug test are, according to the Michigan Court of Appeals, entitled to receive unemployment benefits....more
Hard to believe, but this spring was the first time an Oklahoma case answered the question whether offensive language directed by an employee toward a supervisor disqualifies the fired employee from receiving unemployment...more
In this Issue: - Mobile Phone / Driving Laws - Unemployment Benefits - Facts - Procedural History - The Law - Court of Appeals Decision - Takeaway - Wrongful Termination - Religious...more
Bisher musste der Arbeitgeber bei jeder Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses eine Arbeitsbescheinigung ausstellen, die alle notwendigen Angaben für die Gewährung von Arbeitslosengeld enthielt. Tatsächlich beantragt aber weit...more
In Mississippi, a person’s receipt of unemployment compensation is based on the reason(s) that their prior employment ended. Typically, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security will deny unemployment compensation...more
A bill introduced in the New Jersey Legislature on April 4, 2013, Assembly Bill 3970, seeks to prohibit enforcement of agreements restricting departing employees from competing, disclosing confidential information, or...more